The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York : Gotham press, inc.
Volume:
The vaudeville theatre, building, operation, management
Leaf #:
00047
Language:
English
Collection:
Theatre and Vaudeville and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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cable, outlets, fixtures, etc., as bear its approval. The approval of the Underwriters' Laboratories is given only after exhaustive tests of the ar- ticles examined. Though the electrician may laugh at empha- sis being laid upon the point of seeing that cer- tain obvious things are done, nevertheless the failure to make it a condition of the contract for the electrical work that these obvious things be done has cost many a theatre much money. In wiring—all wiring—a careful estimate should be made of the load the wire is to carry. For instance, if it is the marquee or front sign that is being planned, the electrician should be THOROUGHLY postcd as to what size of lamps will be used, and how many of them. Then, it is well to just about double the ca- pacity of the wire, for the reason that as time passes we incline to the use of more and more light, and the system originally planned to pro- vide for a certain number of lamps of a certain size, refuses to take care of the same number in an increased size. For one reason or an- other, it may be desired to use larger, brighter lamps than were originally planned, and it is well to design the original installation with this in view. If wiring is overloaded beyond its accurately 43